Rain-coat.



l JACOB H.- BROWNO JOHN' H. BROWN.

RAINOOAT( APPLICATION FILED 3,511.24, 1912:

Patented Mahl 1 1, 1913.

Y 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1',

vJACOB H. BROWN L JOHN-H. BROWN.

- RAIN' COAT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1912.

Pateutad Mar. 11, 1913.

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JACOB H. BitowN AND. JOHN vH; BROWN, or MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS.

' RAINCOAT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented iviar.1'1,1913.

Application filed January 24, i912. Serial N o. 673,174. i

To all whoml t may concern.' f

Be it known thatwe, JACOB BROWN and JOHN H. BRoWN, citizens of the United States, and residents-of the city of Marseilles, countyV of Lasalle, and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulV Improvements in Rain-Coats, of which the following is a specification. l

Our 4invention relates to raincoats and more specifically to a coat of this-character of inexpensive construction.,` adapted to be.

transported a hand-ba or other package used in traveling for emp -oyment in case of emergency to protecttlie 'garments of thef wearer. I X

The ob] ect of our invention is the production of a rain coat, as mentioned, which will be of improved construction and eiicient in use. A 4 l Other objects will appear hereinafter. Our invention consists in the rcombinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Our invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a front elevation of a-rain coat embodying our invention, Fig. 2 is a fragment-ary detail rear view ofthe upper end portion of the coat, Fig. 3 isan enlarged det-ail section taken on line a; of

i Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is "a detail section taken on line y y of Fig. 1.,'and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the coat is formed. The preferred form of construction, as

' illustratedin the drawings, comprises a blank which is formed of any suitable waterproof material, such `as oiled paper orv the like. Said blank comprises the substantially rectangular body portion 1 from which the bodyof the coat is formed, as

'hereinafter described. Projecting centrally from the longitudinal edges of the bodyV l are sleeve-forming portions 2. In forming the coat the blank is bent lipontlie line A so that the longitudinal edgesof 'tlief'sleeveforming portions will be brou htin "regis-v y tration as well vas the longitudinal edges of the respective ends of the body l, said edges being secured together at the `dotted lines B preferably by cementiiig 0I: gluing, the, resulting coat presenting' an appearance as shown in `Fig. 1. The front'side of the coat or thelower end portion ofthe blank is open or slitted, the edges 3' and 4 being bent upon force the same.

themselves, as shown in- Fig. 3, for reinforcement. Secured to the edge 3 yare buttons 5 whichare adapted to engage button-holes 6 formed in the edge 4, tabs 7 being formed at said edge 4 in order to additionally rein- At the upper extremities of the edges 3 and 4 are formed 'lapels 8, one of said lapels being provided with abutton 9 and the other with a button-hole l0 for securing said lapels in overlapping position. A tab l1 is preferably formed at-the button-hole l0 in order to reinforce the same.

At the lapels, the body l' is provided with a circular recess 12 which forms a neck opening.` Securedl tothe body 1 at the neck opening is a collarpiece 13, the extremities of said collar piece being secured to projections 14 provided at the upper extremities of'the'lapelsS, as clearly shown in F ig. Avr5.

In order to, reinforce the garment under4 the arms orl at the juncture ofthe under-' sides of the sleeves with the body of the garment, reinforcements 175 may beproyided at this point, said reinforcements in addlf tion to serve a's reinforcements, serving also as ay means of drawing the sleeves downwardly to proper or operative position.

' A coat of the construction set forth may be manufactured atan extremely low cost and will be adapted to elfectually serve to protect the garments of the user in rainyor linclement weather. The coat may be folded into small compass for convenience in transportation so .as to be ready for use at any time.

`l/ Vhile we have yillustrated and described the preferred foim of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capableof variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. ,-We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction set forth,

tions and modifications as come scope of the appended claims.

aying described our invention, what weclaim as new and desire to secure by Let- Within the ters Patent, is

LA coat comprising afbody and sleeves made of an integral piece of water-proofed -paper, such body being-provided with an open frontand having the edges along said Ibut desire to avail ourselves'l of such variaopen front turned upon themselves and secured thereto to form. reinforced edges and lepels; and ears formed integrally' with one of such edges and turned upon such edge and secured thereto, substantially as described. Y

2. A coat comprising st body and sleeves made of un integral piece of Water-proofed paper-,such vbody being provided with an open front and having the edgesalonglsaid open front turned upon themselves and secured thereto to form reinforced edges-and lepels; ears formed integrally With one of such edges and turned upon such edge and sleeves and body, substantially es described. 15 A- In testimony whereof Wehave signed our names to this specification in the presence of tufo subscribing Witnesses.

v,JACOB H. BROWN. v*J5 H. BROWN@ Witnesses: u fj f1- f W. S..BRAQKEN, E. F. VARNY. 

